her parents are 42-year-old carlos hicks and 39-year-old jacqueline hendricks. investigators say the child lives with another relative. the 10-year-old was last seen at castle middle school here on henry street on tuesday around 1:00 in the afternoon. hicks and hendricks may be driving a 1993 white chevrolet lumina with a new mexico license plate ngg- 506. similar to the car in that photo there. they may be in the bronx or out of state. the father, carlos hicks, was arrested recently in july for driving with a suspended license in that chevy. as you pointed out, the searching is happening here in manhattan and the bronx, where she was taken from. also, it's out of state because at one point the parents lived in new mexico. >> katherine, thank you. >>> there's also breaking news in brooklyn. someone killed a livery driver overnight. police have just released the victim's name. this happened in just the last hour. this is in east new york near the intersection of dumont avenue and shepherd avenue. scene this morning. >> reporter: it's a gruesome scene here where cr

police are looking for carlos hicks. he is 6 feet 1 inches tall and was 220 pounds. issuing an amber alert for the child, they believe the three are in a white four-door chevy lumina sedan with new mexico ngg 506 plate. neither parent has custody of celine and they have a history of violence. while the chevy lumina has been seen on the streets in the bronx, police are under the impression they could be heading to new mexico. tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> tim, thank you. >>> more breaking news. part of the taconic state parkway is closed right now in westchester county. getting in an accident with another vehicle. this all happening near the millwood yorktown border. we are told there are no life- threatening injuries in the crash and as we take a live look now at the area, the southbound lanes we are told are closed and only one northbound lane is getting by. you can see traffic is very slow and that scene is still very much there. we will keep you posted on this breaking story. >>> new at noon, we are hearing from the family of a livery cab driver kil

authorities say the girl's noncustodial parents, carlos hicks and jacqueline hendricks abducted her. she might be in danger. the duo could be in the bronx or out of state driving a 1993 chevy lumina with new mexico plates. >>> 15,000 students on long island wonder what will happen contract talks fail to avert a strike. drivers from baumann and sons are threatening to walk off the job if they don't get more money. negotiations with federal mediators are set to resume today in farmingdale. a strike would affect students at nassau and suffolk counties, many with special needs. >>> the candidates vying to be the republican presidential nominee vased off in the second de -- faced off in the second debate. they were piling on against hillary clinton. bazi kanani has the latest. >> reporter: this was a lengthy debate, three hours. with all the candidates on the stage, there was still plenty of time to dig into the issues. analysts say that is when donald trump lost his command. >> first of all, rand paul shouldn't be on the stage. >> reporter: round 2 began like the first feisty debate. >>

her parents are 42-year-old carlos hicks and 39-year-old police say the child, celine, lives with another relative. the 10-year-old was last seen at castle middle school on henry street on tuesday around 1:00 in the afternoon. she was wearing a yellow polo shirt, the uniform she uses to go to school hear. hicks and hendricks may be driving a 1993 white chevrolet lumina with a new mexico license plate ngg506. the father has an arrest record, cluding an arrest in july for d ing with a suspended license in that vehicle. darlene, police are involved in this heavily. state police and nypd. again, the little girl is celine hicks, 10 years old. >> kat, thank you. >>> also breaking news in brooklyn right now. someone stabbed a livery cab driver overnight. happened in east new york near the intersection of dumont avenue and shepherd avenue.

this is 42-year-old carlos hicks and 39-year-old jacqueline hendricks. both of them facing custodial interference charges. hicks was also charged with aggravated harassment. police say their daughter, 10-year-old celine hicks, was found in good condition. they say her mother, who does school wednesday afternoon. >>> new this morning, police have a suspect in custody now in the connection to the murder of two women at two different hotels. law enforcement sources tell news 4 36-year-old joseph danclair is being questioned. police believe he spent time with a 35-year-old woman who was found dead in brooklyn's

carlos hicks and jacqueline hendrix, excuse me, both face kus tote yal interference charges. police say their daughter was found in good condition. they say her mother who does not have legal custody took her from school wednesday afternoon. >>> a brooklyn day care center could be closed after workers left a two-year-old boy in a brooklyn park. ethan was found in sunset park playground yesterday afternoon, turns out his day care, quality of life academy, took a field trip with 14 other children and didn't realize ethan was missing. and asked for help to find the boy's parents, but wasn't the tweet that informed them, but a day care supervisor. >>> the mayor special task force clean up times square is meeting again today. they're trying to figure out how to handle the topless women and often aggressive costume characters. news 4's tracy strahan is at the cross roads of the world. tracy. >> reporter: i have to tell you, a lot of the activity being discussed in those meetings is happening out here. whether it's want odd r not. as you said, for a second day, a group comprised of

parents of a young girl are now under arrest for allegedly abducting their own child. 42-year-old carlos hicks and 39-year-old jacqueline hendricks both face custodial interference charges. hicks was also charged with aggravated harassment. police say their daughter, 10-year-old celine hicks, was found in good condition. they say her mother, who does not have custody, took her from her school wednesday afternoon. >>> so the actor who lied about escaping the 9/11 attacks is now out of an endorsement deal. steve rannazzisi lost his deal with the restaurant chain

they are 42-year-old carlos hicks and 39-year-old jacqueline hendricks. police say the child lives with another relative and that the parents have ties to the bronx. the 10-year-old was last seen at castle middle school on henry street on tuesday. just this past tuesday, september 15th, around 1:00 p.m. hicks and hendricks may be driving a 1993 white chevrolet lumina with a new mexico license plate ngg506. the father has an arrest record, including an arrest in july for driving with a suspended license in that chevrolet lumina. he may have an arrest record also out of state in new mexico where he once lived. back to you. >> all right, kat. thank you very much. >>> also following breaking news in brooklyn. police just identified the livery cab driver stabbed to death overnight. it happened in east new york near the intersection of dumont avenue and shepherd avenue. tracie strahan is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. police have confirmed just within the past 30 minutes that the victim's name is raphael veras of brooklyn. he's 35 years old. right n

. >> reporter: earlier today, police issued an amber alert for celine, her mother and father, carlos hicks. they were thought to be traveling in a white chevy lumina sedan with white plates. the parents have had numerous unsupervised visits with the child over the past several years. it's unclear what prompted the mother to take the child from school this time. school officials say the circumstances surrounding it are the focus of an investigation at cation sell middle school. -- at castle middle school. the investigation is continuing and the mother will face charges. tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> tim, thank you. >>> the nypd releasing new video of accused bias attackers, two women and one man. over the weekend police say a 27-year-old woman and her mother were the targets of antigay slurs by these suspects manhattan. police say it turned violent when the daughter was thrown to the floor and dragged. >>> american airlines fixed a computer problem that grounded a lot of flights today. it began about noon and lasted nearly two hours. it halted american and american eagle flig

. >> reporter: earlier today police issued an amber alert for celine, her mother and father, carlos hicks. they were thought to be traveling in a white chevy lumina sedan with new mexico plates. they have had unsupervised visits with the child over the past several years. it's unclear what prompted the mother to take the child from school this time. school officials say the circumstances surrounding it are the focus of an investigation at castle middle school. this investigation continues and the mother faces charges. reporting live from the lower east side, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a man from queens is under arrest accused of attempting to join isis. federal prosecutors say 22-year- old tried to get to syria to join the militants several times over the past year. officials say he was blocked from flying out of the u.s. at several airports in our area and when that failed, attempted to take a train to toronto. he allegedly communicated with isis members on the internet and tweeted about his willingness to die for the organization. he was arraigned on charges of attemp

the child's father carlos hicks under arrest this morning. >>> we're expecting to learn more today about a series of armed robberies at gas stations on long island. police say this man is linked to at least eight robberies at gas stations in nassau county. suffolk county police are investigating a series of officials will speak about the investigation. >>> connecticut governor daniel malloy heads to stanford to sign emily's law named for the greenwich teenager killed in a boating accident a year ago. the law requires extensive towing instruction prior to anyone getting a safe boating certificate. >>> 6:58's our time. we check things out in terms of our traffic. >> we have this big accident on route 84 i've been telling you about it. it is completely closed down. they're making room for a medevac helicopter. all lanes closed in both directions. as you head further east near exit 19 that's another accident being cleared away. southern state parkway west at eagle avenue, that's a crash, and you can see that delay with that yellow marking and the l.i.e. east, we did have one reported westbou

her parents arrested for allegedly abducting her. 42-year-old carlos hicks and 39-year-old jacqueline hendricks both facing custodial interference charges. hicks was also charged with aggravated harassment. police say that their daughter, 10-year-old celine hicks, was found in good condition. they say her mom, who doesn't have custody, took her from school wednesday afternoon. >>> police are expected to release more information today about a man wanted for a string of gas station robberies on long island. same person believed to be behind 15 gas station holdups in just the last two months. police have released surveillance video of the suspect along with a sketch. investigators say in each of these cases, he has been armed with a handgun that's covered by a t-shirt or a cloth. >> it's pretty scary. >> it's not safe. >> our kids are walkers to that middle school. just to know that someone is doing this is very concerning. >> in fact, the most recent robbery happened just two nights ago. >>> coming up on 6:04, time for weather and traffic on the 4s. hi, chris. >> good morning. another g

the child's father carlos hicks secuestr_ a su hija de 10 >>> 7:27. heather. >> good morning ken. we are going to talk to you route 84. it is completely closed down both directions all because of an accident right near exit 12. you can see that delay coming off the newburgh beacon bridge into the accident scene. we're also looking at the new york state thruway northbound through exit 15. this is a fully engulfed tractor-trailer fire, and then we have the southern state west eagle avenue an accident, street cleaning rules are in effect for today. back to you. >>> thank you heather. meteorologist bill evans now with your accuweather forecast. >> happy friday everybody, it's going to be a great start to the weekend, a weekend which will feel like summer. today we've got sunshine, we're lots of sun, uv index at 6. water temperature at 75. a low risk of rip currents at the beaches. we've got a cold front coming through sunday. that will transition us to some more normal fall-like weather for this time of the year, cool, sunshine, breaks on sunday, going to be a nice weekend. >>> thank

. >> celine hicks, police believe she was taken by her father and mother, jacqueline hicks and carlos hicks, they can be seen in a 1973 white vef chi lumina. she's 5-4, 120 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. if you know anything about this, please, give the cops a call. >> very sad news to report this morning, the aide to governor cuomo who was shot in crown carey gabay. he was taken off life support yesterday. >> 43 years old, shot in the head before the west indian day parade last week. he was the first deputy general council at the empire state development corporation. apparently, he was caught in the cross fire between two rival gangs. surveillance video captured a man police believe was involved but there have so far been no arrests. >> robert boyce says investigators have made some suspect identifications, so stay tuned to that. >>> meanwhile, the tsunami watch in hawaii has now been downgraded to an advisory. >> tsunami, those are so dangerous. >> we had a major 8.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of chile last night, and it left five people dead, one missing. now, you have an

her parents are 42-year-old carlos hicks and 49-year-old jaclyn hendricks. 10-year-old celine was last seen right here at her school last darlene. back to you. >> kat, thank you. traffic. >> delays on the subway, ef and the queen's plaza. staten island expressway, closed to 440. exit 9. couple of vehicles here. very slow ride. a lot of backup there. west side highway. george washington bridge, also 30 at the lincoln and at the holland. darlene? >> thank you very much. break. >>> another good looking day underway. temperatures in the upper 60s. 62 in white plains. 50 in sussex. 57 morristown. out across the island mainly 60s. quickly warm through the 70s and 80s this afternoon. sunshine. 85 tomorrow. 83 saturday. all the sun. few more clouds and sunny 80. early next week. darlene. show. where are they now? a look at jessica lynch, the p.o.w. rescued in the early days of the iraq war. >>> 7:30 now on a duran duran thursday here on "today." beautiful day. 17th of september, 2015. the day that savannah has been waiting for for a month. >> exactly. >> for 30 years. >> there you go. >> since

hicks is safe. she was abducted from the lower east side yesterday by her parents, carlos and jacqueline. according to investigators, they had a history of violent behavior. tonight hendricks is in police custody. >>> the u.s. economy may be back on its feet but today, we got signals from the federal reserve bank that it's still off balance. and it has decided to hold interest rates at historic lows. cbs 2's emily smith live in the newsroom with the implications of the decision. >> reporter: earlier this year, the fed indicated it would start raising rates by the end of the summer. the thinking was that the job market would be strong enough by then and on the surface they seemed right. unemployment is now 5.1%, the lowest since april 2008. tony aiellojanet yellen said too many people are unemployed or under employed. >> it indicates the degree of the slack in the labor market. >> reporter: banks follow suit so you get a better deal on a mortgage or car loan. low interest rates are designed to encourage borough. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger says it's clear the economy is stil